Sanitary tee



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Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

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Appncafion' inea April i0, 1924. serial No. 705,518.

To all 'whom t may 00m-ern Y Be it known that I, GEORGE W. "WENTZEL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county otLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sanitary Tees, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a soil sanitary tee, and it has as one of itsobjects the provision of a tee comprising-a cleanout branch formedintegral with the tee.

Another object of this invention is the provision in a tee of a cleanoutwhich gives immediat-e access to the drainage system in threedirections, namely: up, down and horizontal.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a soil sanitarytee formed integral with a cleanout in order to same time, labor andmaterial in the installation ot soil fittings.

Another object ot this invention is the provision of a combined tee andcleanout which will satisfy the requirements of municipal ordinances.

Another object of this invention is the provision of one litting whichperforms two distinct functions.

Another object of this invention is the provision in a tee of a cleanoutdisposed within a specified radius of the tee.

With the foregoing objects in view, together with such other objects andadvantages as may subsequently appear, this invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved fitting showing ascrew plug removed from the cleanout branch which it is adapted toclose, and

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the fitting shown in Fig. 1, thecleanout branch being closed by the screw plug and fittings secured tothe combination tee and cleanout.

Referring to the drawings for a more de" tailed description thereof, thenumeral 5 indicates a tee having a vertical portion 6 and a horizontalportion 7, the upper and lower ends of the former and the outer end ofthe latter beingI adapted to be litted with other parts of a pipesystem. Integral with the tee 5 is formed a cleanout branch 8 providedwith interior threads 9 which are adapted to receive threads 10 on ascrewV plug 11, which closes the cleanout branch. The cleanout branch 3is Vpreferably placed in the hack of the tee opposite an aperture inthehorizontal portion 7 of the tee in order to providev immediate accessupwardly, downwardly or horizontally, whereby a system, of which the teeforms a part, may be readily clea'ned without disassembling the same- Asmay be readily seen from an inspection of Fig` l, the diameters ot thevertical portion 6, the horizontal portion 7 and the clean-out branch 8are all equal and that the clean-out branch 8 is so arranged that astraight rod of substantially a third of the interior diameter of any ofthese sections might be inserted through the opening in the clean-outbranch 8 and be extended through the horizontal portion 7. This straightrod might also be inserted in the opening in the clean-out branch 8 anddirected downwardly so as 'to project through the opening in the bottomof the vertical portion 6, in this manner giving tree access to the pipe13 or to the pipe section which is secured to the lower end oi thesanitary Y tee.

Fig. 2 shows a pipe 12 secured to the upper end of the tee and a pipebend 13 secured to the horizontal branch of the tee, the pipe bend 13extending through a floor 14.

It will be appreciated that the tee of my invention saves time, laborand material, which would otherwise have to be expended. This will beappreciated when it is considered that otherwise, in order to provide acleanout with. a tee, a soil Y or other fitting would have to beprovided together with a cleanout, and in some cases a bend; to installthese, material, such as caulking lead and okum, would have to be used,and'labor would be employed in performing the work and also inexcavating. The excavation work would consume a plumbers time and delaythe actual installation.

Furthermore, if my improved tee is not used, a whole run of sewer ditchmay have to be lowered under certain conditions to get the proper gradefor uniform and sanitary connections.

It will also be seen that the fitting which I have provided saves spaceand is economical in that it takes the place of two or more fittings. Italso saves calculation and worry on the part of the Workmen, since it isalways ready to perform .its function Without trouble of any kind.

This invention has been described, but modilications thereof may bedevised Without departing from the spirit thereof, and it is to beunderstood that such modifications come Within the scope of thisinvention.

What is claimed is: c

l. A sanitary tee comprising a straight, vertical pipe section, and apair of branches integral with said pipe section and projecting 'fromopposite sides thereof in substantially the same plane, one of thebranches being horizontal With respect to the pipe section and the otherbeing 'upwardly inclined at approximately 45, the inclined branch beingso arranged that the center of its upper end or entrance isapproximately horizontally even with the center of the horizontalbranch, and the central axis of vertical. pipe section having a pair o'fbranches integral therewith, which project y from opposite sidesthercotl in substantially the same plane, one of said branches beinghorizontal with respect to the pipe section, the other being upwardlyinclined at approximately 45, said branches being so arranged that thecentral axis of the inclined branch Where it enters the vertical pipesection is belowl the central axis of the horizontal branch Where itenters the pipe section.

In testimony whereof I have Signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE W. WENTZEL.

